Critical Analysis Hip-Hop pt 2

Positive Song

Heard 'Em Say

[Kanye West]

Uh, Yeah, Uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah

[Piano drops]

And I heard 'em say, nothin ever promised tomorrow today.
From the Chi, like Tim its the Hard-a-way,
So this is in the name of love, like Robert says
Before you ask me to get a job today, can I at least get a raise on a minimum wage?
And I know the government administered AIDS,
So I guess we just pray like the minister say,
Allah o Akbar and throw em some hot cars,
Things we see on the screen are not ours,
But these people from the hood so these dreams not far,
Where im from, the dope boys is the rock stars,
But they can't cop cars without seein' cop cars,
I guess they want us all behind bars.
I know it.

Uh, And I heard 'em say, nothin ever promised tomorrow today.
(ooooooooo)
And I heard 'em say, nothin ever promised tomorrow today.

[Kanye]
They say people in your life are seasons,
And anything that happen is for a reason,
And people guns a clappin and keep to squeezin',
And Gran (Grandma) keep prayin' and keep believin',
And Jesus and one day that ya see him,
Till they walk in his footsteps and try to be him,
The devil is alive I feel him breathin',
Claimin' money is the key so keep on dreamin',
And put them lottery tickets just to tease us,
My aunt Pam can't put those cigarettes down,
Now my lil cousin smokin those cigarettes now,
His job trying to claim that he too bad now,
Is it cuz his skin blacker than licorice now?
I can't figure it out...
Im Stickin around....

This song is positive to our society because when people hear about getting on drugs and Kanye West was trying to explain in this passage that you should keep believing and praying because people should get some where far in life. This song is trying to convey that tomorrow is another day and things just won't be promised. This song has an influence on life because when people hear this song their going to think that its wrong to take drugs and one day thing just might go positive, and change the life they're living in. This is what this song means to me.